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Mount Yamato Katsuragi

959 m3,146 ft

Prominence: 435 m1,426 ft
Isolation: 2.9 km
Tonight: 14°CCloudy · Wind 11 km/h N

Mount Yamato Katsuragi is a 959 m (3,146 ft) mountain in the Kongo Mountains, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 959 m · 3,146 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Kongō (1,125 m)
Range: Kongo Mountains
Region: Nara Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park
Spanish name: Monte Yamato Katsuragi
Coordinates: 34.4560° N, 135.6824° E

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3D map

Mount Yamato Katsuragi 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Yamato Katsuragi terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Yamato Katsuragi elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Yamato Katsuragi weather

Today · Rain · 14 / 20°C (57 / 68°F) · 1.2 mm · Wind 11 km/h N

Mount Yamato Katsuragi forecast for the summit, about 959 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 99 m.

Today14°20°1.2 mm11 km/h NBase 19 / 24°
Sun14°24°3.3 mm19 km/h SWBase 19 / 28°
Mon14°20°39.0 mm20 km/h EBase 18 / 25°
Tue8°15°0.1 mm17 km/h NWBase 13 / 20°
Wed2°10°–15 km/h NBase 7 / 15°
Thu7°11°–4 km/h SEBase 12 / 15°
Fri7°16°0.3 mm8 km/h NWBase 12 / 21°
Sat7°16°1.1 mm13 km/h WBase 12 / 21°
Sun7°12°1.3 mm6 km/h NWBase 12 / 16°
Mon7°10°4.0 mm5 km/h NWBase 12 / 15°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

24.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

47.6%

Steep, 30–45°

28.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 28.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 866 m low point 99 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 92.1%Built-up 3.2%Cropland 3.0%Grassland 1.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 76 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Asian fawnlily3
Mongolotettix japonicus3
Narcissus Flycatcher2
Blacktip Sedge Grasshopper2
Chizuella bonneti2
Stenobothrus fumatus2

Where it sits

Where Mount Yamato Katsuragi sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount HakkyōPeak · 1,915 m38 km SSE

Downloads

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Print & wall

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 957 m at the summit; the official height is 959 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	959 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	957 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	955 m	-4 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-10-01)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia